Monday, February 22, 2010

Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlavi

"Mohammad-Reza Shah Pahlavi," Digital Painting, 2010

More tablet practice. I wanted to step up the difficulty this time with some details and a specific likeness to recreate. The subject is the former Shah of Iran, which I chose for a very early Norooz gift for my father-in-law. The first layer in Photoshop was all lines, then I made a smudge tool pass, then came a light layer of tighter lines. It's still too blurry for my taste, but I didn't want to dwell on it too long. I signed my name in Farsi along the bottom (while I remember how).

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I am a Previs/Postvis Artist, 3D Animator, and Visual Artist. Credits include X-Men: Days of Future Past, Godzilla, Marvel's The Avengers and 2010's Game of the Year: Red Dead Redemption. This site is the blog counterpart to JoshLange.com, my online portfolio of art and animation.